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Hurricane Ida Deals Deathblow to Longtime Jean Lafitte Shrimp Dock

Hurricane Ida Deals Deathblow to Longtime Jean Lafitte Shrimp Dock

Fifty-five years and more than a dozen hurricanes later, Jean Lafitte shrimp dock owner Randy Nunez has had enough.  Hurricane Ida dealt the deathblow to a dock where as a kid he would work with his father and listen to tales told by shrimpers as he unloaded their boats.

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Sitting on the Dock of the Bay, Grant Bundy Wonders if He Will Recover

Sitting on the Dock of the Bay, Grant Bundy Wonders if He Will Recover

Sitting on a wooden porch swing hanging from what is left of his shrimp dock on Bayou Barataria, Grant Bundy is still in shock.  For nore than seven months since Hurricane Ida blew through Jean Lafitte leaving little behind, he has tried and tried; and then tried again to unsuccessfully get a loan from th Small Business Administration (SBA) to fix his docks, only one of two remaining along the bayou.

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